Roads to Moscow- Al Stewart
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Intro solo from Indian Summer live version
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They crossed over...
[Em]They crossed over the border the [D]hour before [Em]dawn
[D]Moving in lines through the [Cmaj7]day
[G]Most of our planes were dest[D]royed on the ground where they [Am]lay
[Em]Waiting for orders we [D]held in the [Em]wood
[D]Word from the front never c[Cmaj7]ame
By [G]evening the sound of the [D]gunfire was miles a[Am]way
[E]Ah softly we move through the shadows, slip a[Fmaj7]way through the trees
C[E]rossing their lines in the mists in the fields on our h[Fmaj7]ands and our
knees
[C] And all that I [G]ever, [C] was able to [G]see[E]
[Am] [G] [Fmaj7][G][Fmaj7]
[Em] The fire in the air, glowing red, silhouetting the smoke on the breeze
All summer they drove us back [D]through the Ukr[Em]aine
Smol[D]ensk and Viasma soon [Cmaj7]fell
By [G]autumn we stood with our [D]backs to the town of Or[Am]el
[Em]Closer and closer to [D]Moscow they [Em]come
[D]Riding the wind like a [Cmaj7]bell
[G]General Guderian [D]stands at the crest of the [Am]hill
[E] Winter brought with her the rains, oceans of [Fmaj7]mud filled the roads
[E]Glueing the tracks of their tanks to the ground while the [Fmaj7]sky filled
with snow
[C] And all that I [G]ever, [C] was able to [G]see[E]
The fire in the [Am]air glowing r[G]ed, silhou[Fmaj7]etting the [G]snow on the b[Fmaj7]reeze.
[Am]Ahhhh, [G]ahhhh, [Fmaj7]ahhhhh x4
[Am] [G]
[Fmaj7] In the footsteps of Napoleon the shadow figures stagger through the
winter
[Am] [G]
[Fmaj7] Falling back before the gates of Moscow, standing in the wings like an
avenger
And [Am]far away behind their lines the [G]partisans are stirring in the[Fmaj7]
forest
Coming unexp[Am]ectedly upon their [G]outposts growing like a [Fmaj7]promise
You'll never [Am]know, you'll never know which way to [G]turn, which way to
look
you'll never [Fmaj7]see us
As we're [Am]stealing through the blackness of the [G]night, you'll never know
you'll never [Fmaj7]hear us
And the [G]evening sings in a [Fmaj7]voice of amber the [E]dawn is surely [Fmaj7]coming
[G] [Fmaj7] [E][Fmaj7]
[Em] The morning road leads to Stalingrad and the sky is, softly humming
Two broken tigers on [D]fire in the [Em]night
[D]Flicker their souls to the [Cmaj7]wind
We [G]wait in the lines for the [D]final approach to be[Am]gin
It's been [Em]almost four years that I've [D]carried a [Em]gun
At [D]home it will almost be [Cmaj7]spring
The [G]flames of the tigers are [D]lighting the road to Ber[Am]lin
[E]Ah, quickly we move through the ruins that [Fmaj7]bow to the ground
The [E]old men and children they throw out to face us, they [Fmaj7]can't slow us
down
[C] And all that I [G]ever, [C] was able to [G]see[E]
The eyes of the [Am]city are [G]opening [Fmaj7]now it's the [G]end of the [Fmaj7]dream
[Am]Ahhh, [G]ahhh, [Fmaj7]ahhh x4
[Am] [G]
[Fmaj7] I'm coming home, I'm coming home, you can taste it in the wind the war
is over
[Am] [G]
[Fmaj7] And I listen to the clicking of the train wheels as we roll across the
border
[Am] [G]
[Fmaj7] And they ask me of the time I was caught behind their lines and taken
prisoner
[Am] [G]
[Fmaj7] They only held me for a day a lucky break, I say, they turn and listen
closer
I'll never [Am]know, I'll never know why I was [G]taken from the line
and all the o[Fmaj7]thers
To [Am]board a special train and journey [G]deep into the heart of holy [Fmaj7]Russia
[G] [Fmaj7] [E]
[Fmaj7] And it's cold and damp in the transit camp and the air is still and
sullen
The [G]pale sun of Oc[Fmaj7]tober whispers the [E]snow will soon be [Fmaj7]coming
And I [G]wonder when I'll be[Fmaj7] home again, and the [E]morning answers, [Fmaj7]never
And the [G]evening sighs and the [Fmaj7]steely Russian [E]skies go on
[Fmaj7] [F]
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[Em]They crossed over the border the [D]hour before [Em]dawn
[D]Moving in lines through the [Cmaj7]day
[G]Most of our planes were dest[D]royed on the ground where they [Am]lay
[Em]Waiting for orders we [D]held in the [Em]wood
[D]Word from the front never c[Cmaj7]ame
By [G]evening the sound of the [D]gunfire was miles a[Am]way
[E]Ah softly we move through the shadows, slip a[Fmaj7]way through the trees
C[E]rossing their lines in the mists in the fields on our h[Fmaj7]ands and our
knees
[C] And all that I [G]ever, [C] was able to [G]see[E]
[Am] [G] [Fmaj7][G][Fmaj7]
[Em] The fire in the air, glowing red, silhouetting the smoke on the breeze
All summer they drove us back [D]through the Ukr[Em]aine
Smol[D]ensk and Viasma soon [Cmaj7]fell
By [G]autumn we stood with our [D]backs to the town of Or[Am]el
[Em]Closer and closer to [D]Moscow they [Em]come
[D]Riding the wind like a [Cmaj7]bell
[G]General Guderian [D]stands at the crest of the [Am]hill
[E] Winter brought with her the rains, oceans of [Fmaj7]mud filled the roads
[E]Glueing the tracks of their tanks to the ground while the [Fmaj7]sky filled
with snow
[C] And all that I [G]ever, [C] was able to [G]see[E]
The fire in the [Am]air glowing r[G]ed, silhou[Fmaj7]etting the [G]snow on the b[Fmaj7]reeze.
[Am]Ahhhh, [G]ahhhh, [Fmaj7]ahhhhh x4
[Am] [G]
[Fmaj7] In the footsteps of Napoleon the shadow figures stagger through the
winter
[Am] [G]
[Fmaj7] Falling back before the gates of Moscow, standing in the wings like an
avenger
And [Am]far away behind their lines the [G]partisans are stirring in the[Fmaj7]
forest
Coming unexp[Am]ectedly upon their [G]outposts growing like a [Fmaj7]promise
You'll never [Am]know, you'll never know which way to [G]turn, which way to
look
you'll never [Fmaj7]see us
As we're [Am]stealing through the blackness of the [G]night, you'll never know
you'll never [Fmaj7]hear us
And the [G]evening sings in a [Fmaj7]voice of amber the [E]dawn is surely [Fmaj7]coming
[G] [Fmaj7] [E][Fmaj7]
[Em] The morning road leads to Stalingrad and the sky is, softly humming
Two broken tigers on [D]fire in the [Em]night
[D]Flicker their souls to the [Cmaj7]wind
We [G]wait in the lines for the [D]final approach to be[Am]gin
It's been [Em]almost four years that I've [D]carried a [Em]gun
At [D]home it will almost be [Cmaj7]spring
The [G]flames of the tigers are [D]lighting the road to Ber[Am]lin
[E]Ah, quickly we move through the ruins that [Fmaj7]bow to the ground
The [E]old men and children they throw out to face us, they [Fmaj7]can't slow us
down
[C] And all that I [G]ever, [C] was able to [G]see[E]
The eyes of the [Am]city are [G]opening [Fmaj7]now it's the [G]end of the [Fmaj7]dream
[Am]Ahhh, [G]ahhh, [Fmaj7]ahhh x4
[Am] [G]
[Fmaj7] I'm coming home, I'm coming home, you can taste it in the wind the war
is over
[Am] [G]
[Fmaj7] And I listen to the clicking of the train wheels as we roll across the
border
[Am] [G]
[Fmaj7] And they ask me of the time I was caught behind their lines and taken
prisoner
[Am] [G]
[Fmaj7] They only held me for a day a lucky break, I say, they turn and listen
closer
I'll never [Am]know, I'll never know why I was [G]taken from the line
and all the o[Fmaj7]thers
To [Am]board a special train and journey [G]deep into the heart of holy [Fmaj7]Russia
[G] [Fmaj7] [E]
[Fmaj7] And it's cold and damp in the transit camp and the air is still and
sullen
The [G]pale sun of Oc[Fmaj7]tober whispers the [E]snow will soon be [Fmaj7]coming
And I [G]wonder when I'll be[Fmaj7] home again, and the [E]morning answers, [Fmaj7]never
And the [G]evening sighs and the [Fmaj7]steely Russian [E]skies go on
[Fmaj7] [F]
